“To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.” - Charles Baudelaire. The Romantic Period was a phase in history when culture and the arts were emphasized to an extremely high level. The Romantic movement began in the 18th century due to the advances in technology and science that led to higher global literacy rates and increased study of language. There were several key characteristics of works published in the Romantic time period. The idea of the power and beauty of Nature, along with the appreciation of of living things, was a profound idea in almost all Romantic publications. The Romantics stressed that society
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner was a revolutionary poem written in seven parts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge published in 1798. The poem was an acute example of Romantic values and Nature was a deep rooted theme throughout the piece.The poem is a tale of a Mariner who was once sailing on his ship when his ship was pushed to the South Pole by a powerful storm. The Mariner’s ship was surrounded by the ice of the South Pole and there were no other living organisms in the area, save for a single Albatross. The Albatross followed the ship and would routinely arrive for evening prayers. However, one day the impulsive Mariner shoots and slaughters the Albatross, not appreciating a living creature of Nature. For this the Mariner is punished severely and his crew is killed before his own eyes. The only escape comes when the Mariner notices water snakes surrounding his ship and blesses them with all his heart, fully appreciating all living things large or small. After this, the Mariner is released from his penance and lives to tell his story to society. A key Romantic characteristic conveyed in the poem is emphasized …show more content…
Frankenstein is a novel following the life of fictional character Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a child born into a wealthy family and he grows up to become a doctor. However, Frankenstein had extremely radical views surrounding medicinal practice and Frankenstein often conducted experiments that were inhumane and put others at risk. The climax of these experiments was Frankenstein’s creation of a living human from scavenged pieces of dead bodies. At first Frankenstein was excited, but the Creature was born with horrible birth defects and Frankenstein left it to die. The Creature did not die, however, and over time it learned the social norms, but it was never accepted by society due to its horrible defects and physical attributes. The Creature became indignant at Frankenstein for making him this atrocity of a Creature and hunted down Frankenstein and his family. The Creature killed most of Frankenstein’s family and for this Frankenstein pursued the Creature in hopes to kill it. Frankenstein chased the Creature all the way to the North Pole, where Frankenstein ultimately died after conversing with a ship captain whose ship was trapped in the ice. The underlying theme throughout the novel is the power and beauty of Nature, as seen through Frankenstein 's experiments with the forces Nature. Even though Victor Frankenstein suffered so much throughout his life and lost his
Rime of the Ancient Mariner was a revolutionary poem written in seven parts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge published in 1798. The poem was an acute example of Romantic values and Nature was a deep rooted theme throughout the piece.The poem is a tale of a Mariner who was once sailing on his ship when his ship was pushed to the South Pole by a powerful storm. The Mariner’s ship was surrounded by the ice of the South Pole and there were no other living organisms in the area, save for a single Albatross. The Albatross followed the ship and would routinely arrive for evening prayers. However, one day the impulsive Mariner shoots and slaughters the Albatross, not appreciating a living creature of Nature. For this the Mariner is punished severely and his crew is killed before his own eyes. The only escape comes when the Mariner notices water snakes surrounding his ship and blesses them with all his heart, fully appreciating all living things large or small. After this, the Mariner is released from his penance and lives to tell his story to society. A key Romantic characteristic conveyed in the poem is emphasized …show more content…
Frankenstein is a novel following the life of fictional character Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a child born into a wealthy family and he grows up to become a doctor. However, Frankenstein had extremely radical views surrounding medicinal practice and Frankenstein often conducted experiments that were inhumane and put others at risk. The climax of these experiments was Frankenstein’s creation of a living human from scavenged pieces of dead bodies. At first Frankenstein was excited, but the Creature was born with horrible birth defects and Frankenstein left it to die. The Creature did not die, however, and over time it learned the social norms, but it was never accepted by society due to its horrible defects and physical attributes. The Creature became indignant at Frankenstein for making him this atrocity of a Creature and hunted down Frankenstein and his family. The Creature killed most of Frankenstein’s family and for this Frankenstein pursued the Creature in hopes to kill it. Frankenstein chased the Creature all the way to the North Pole, where Frankenstein ultimately died after conversing with a ship captain whose ship was trapped in the ice. The underlying theme throughout the novel is the power and beauty of Nature, as seen through Frankenstein 's experiments with the forces Nature. Even though Victor Frankenstein suffered so much throughout his life and lost his